The amazing annual UC book sale is underway! It’s in East & West Halls, University College, from Fri. Oct. 14 until Tues. Oct. 18 (hours etc.). The sale is run by volunteers (alumni and friends of UC), and the money you spend at the Book Sale largely goes to support Laidlaw Library.

Recently two people (one in his teens and one in his seventies) recommended the TV show “Rookie Blue,” a cop show which takes place in Toronto, so I checked it out (all the episodes are available online from Global TV). Imagine my delight when I suddenly found myself watching a chase scene through the University College quad! (This scene is in Season 1, Episode 2, about two thirds of the way into the episode.)

Dwight A. McBride is giving this year’s Alexander Lectures at University College. The theme is “The Politics of Race and Sexuality” — he’s giving four lectures, one each day, starting this Tuesday March 29th at 4:30.